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Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty

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ISBN-10: 0606203036

ISBN-13: 9780606203036

Edition: N/A

Authors: Joy Masoff

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Publisher: Turtleback
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Introduction Warning: This Book Is Downright Disgustingp. viii
Acne: Look Out Below, Your Zit's About to Blow!p. 1
Ants: Some of These Creepy Crawlies Are No Picnicp. 3
Bacteria: The Good, the Bad, and the Stinkyp. 6
Bats: It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Fuzzy Mammal?p. 11
Beetles: The Things That Go Crunch in the Nightp. 14
Blood: How Something so Gross Can Be so Goodp. 18
Body Lint: Would You Like Toe Jam with Your Toast?p. 20
Body Odor: I Sweat Therefore I Stinkp. 21
Burping: A Belch Is Bornp. 24
Cannibals: Let Them Eat...Fred?p. 26
Cockroaches: Or, How to Live for 135 Million Years on a Diet of Pure Garbagep. 29
Crocodilians: From King of the World to Swamp Thingp. 33
Dandruff: Snow for All Seasonsp. 35
Earwax: Great Big Gobs of Brownish Gunkp. 38
Edible Bugs: Waiter, There's Some Soup in My Bug!p. 42
Eels: Slithery, Slimy Swarms of Fishp. 46
Eye Gunk: Mr. Sandman, Meet Mr. Mucusp. 49
Farts: A Burp from Belowp. 54
Fleas: This Joint Is Jumping!p. 57
Flies Puking and Peeing: A Day in the Life of a Flyp. 60
Foul Feet: A Step in the Wrong Directionp. 63
Freaky Fish: Swim or Be Swallowedp. 64
Frightening Fashions: Outfits Wackier than Your Great-Aunt Ida'sp. 68
Fungi: There's a Fungus Among Us!p. 71
Gross Grub: If You Think Broccoli Is Badp. 74
Halitosis: Wake Up and Smell the Stenchp. 78
Icky Insects: To Buzz or Not to Buzzp. 82
Jellyfish: Put on Your Pantyhose and Dive In!p. 85
Leeches: A Blood Buffetp. 88
Lice: Too Much Attention Can Go to Your Headp. 91
Lizards: Relax, Take Your Tail Offp. 93
Maggots: Decaying Dead Deer? Dinnertime!!p. 96
Miserable Meats: A Soda, Some Fries, and a Double Eyeball Burger with Cheesep. 99
Mites: Mighty Microscopic Munchersp. 102
Mosquitoes: A Midsummer Night's Screamp. 103
Mucky Medicine: This Will Only Hurt for a Secondp. 106
Mummies: Are You My Mummy?p. 110
Naked Mole-Rats: Rough, Tough, and in the Buffp. 113
Parasites: Guess Who's Coming to Dinnerp. 115
Pee: They Call Me Mellow Yellowp. 117
Poop: A Bum Dealp. 121
Pus: Green, Goopy, and Good for You Too!p. 124
Quicksand: I'm Sinking and I Can't Get Up!p. 126
Rats: Long-tailed, Sharp Toothed Disease Busesp. 128
Raunchy Recipes: Today's Specials: Totally Nastyp. 131
Scabs: A Crusty Coat of Armorp. 134
Scorpions: Mini-Monsters of the Nightp. 136
Shrunken Heads: A Nightmare for Your Nogginp. 139
Sickening Seafood: This Chapter Is Not for the Faint of Tummyp. 140
Skin Eruptions: Rashes, Blisters, and Warts. Oh My!p. 144
Skunks: A Putrescent Perfumep. 149
Slugs: Confessions of a Naked Snailp. 152
Snakes: Do the Fang Tangop. 155
Snot: You May Think It's Candy, but It's Snotp. 160
Spiders: They're Not All Itsy-Bitsy!p. 163
Spitting: Welcome to Loogie Landp. 167
Tar Pits: Stuck in a Rutp. 171
Ticks: A Bunch of Suckersp. 173
Toilets: A Royal Flushp. 175
Vile Vegetation: Fearsome Flowers and Vindictive Vinesp. 180
Viruses: Invasion of the Body Snatchersp. 184
Vomit: Bring Along a Barf Bag--This Is Gross!p. 187
Vultures: Chow Time at the Roadkill Cafep. 192
Worms: Spaghetti That Squirmsp. 196
X-Periments: Making Muck of Your Very Ownp. 198
Bibliographyp. 203
Photo Creditsp. 205
Indexp. 207
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